The Street Dreams remix is so much better than the original

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Obviously it's amazing musically but I even feel content wise, Nas' verses are way better. The OG he's just kinda spitting generic MobTales but on the remix it feels more like Ilmatic Nas again, talking real shyt.

Quiet confession, the system's applyin' the pressure
My mind is guessin' — is livin' and dyin' a lesson?
But not to be obliged with the mirage of cars
Take me off track from what the Gods focus on hard

So now we back to where we never left — the ghetto
It's a damn shame, knowin' it's a man's game
Shorty thinks it's time to make your plans change
All that runnin' 'round, tryin' to chase what's already here
Been there, it's goin' nowhere
Pops told me knuckle up, no fear
I wish some of these killings they could be prevented
Whatever happens, it was written, meanin' God meant it
But durin' life, you put your heart in it
Even though it seems we bein' targeted
Let that brother R hit it

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Both versions are excellent, his lyrics are so sharp on the original, they aren't generic at all, they characterize a young kid and a hustler, in the most gritty and down to earth bars.

The remix is maybe my favorite song of all time, and it's theme is more reflective and subdued, it's a reflection of what "Street Dreams" mean, and what they bring from a bigger picture of morality, and regrets.
 
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